GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| amend | to put right |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |